Harness-fastening



(No Model.)

S H HAAS HARNESS FASTENING.

No. 499,883. Patented June 20, 1893.

W/ TNESSES,

VEN TUE. M

THEN

UNITED- STATES PATENT OFFICE.

SAMUEL H. HAASQOF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

HARNESS-FASTENING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No..499,883, dated June 20,1893.

Application filed January 7, 189? Serial No. 457,591- No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, SAMUEL I-I. HAAS, a citizen of the United States,residing at the city of Philadelphia,in the county of Philadelphia andState of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and usefullmprovementsin Fastenings for Harness, of which the following is a specification.

The principal objects of my present invention are first, to provide-astrong, durable, efficient and comparatively inexpensive harnessfastening which shall in use present a neat, attractive and finishedappearance; and second; to provide simple, compact and reliableinterlocking devices for connecting the respective members of ,thedevice in such manner that the same are firmly held to place againstaccidental displacement without the employment of screws, rivets,leather loops and the like, and in such manner that the same aresusceptible of ready and convenient manual detachment and attachment inorder to facilitate the operations of cleaning and repalring.

My invention consists of a fastener for harness hereinafter describedand claimed.

The nature, scope and characteristic features of my invention willbemore fully understoodfrom the following description taken in connectionwith the accompanying drawings forming part hereof; and in which- Figure1 is a front elevation partly in section showing a harness fasteningembodying features of my invention in application to a shaft supporteror pocket and a saddle strap. Fig. 2, is an elevational view of aportion of the left hand side of the device shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3, isan elevational view ofthe right hand side of the device illustrated inFig. 1; and Fig. 4, is a detail view illustrating the position of theparts where the respective members of the fastening are in position forconnection and disconnection. I

In the drawings a, is one member of the fastening device and is providedwith a crossbar a, of oblong cross-section (Fig. 1) cast or otherwiseformed integral with upwardly projecting lugs a so that a recess oropening a is formed in the member a. b, is the other member of thefastening device and comprises a rectangular frame I), provided with atransversely ranging claw b having a contracted entrancevor opening asat 11 and slotted as at b, for purposes to be presently described.

0, is a tongue having one extremity thereof encircling the cross-bar a,and working in the slot-ted portion N, of the claw b andhaving the otherextremity thereof disposed in such manner that it co-operates with oneof the end pieces 11 of the frame I), and constitutes a buckle and theother end piece I), constitutes a retainingloop. When the longertransverse axis of the cross-bar a, coincides with the direction of thecontracted entrance or opening 11 of the claw b as shown in Fig. 4, themembers a and b, may be readily connected and disconnected. However,when the cross-bar a, occupies any other position in respect to theentrance or opening 11 for example, the position shown in Fig. 1, therespective members cannot accidentally or othwise be disconnected.because the cross-bar a, will not pass through the opening or entranceof the claw b It may in this connection be remarked that the position ofthe respective members a and-b, shown in Fig. 4, is an abnormal orinoperative one and that the position thereof shown in Fig. 1, is theoperative or normal position thereof, so that the members a, and b, maybe disconnected when in inoperative position and are firmly held orlocked against accidental disconnection, when in use. lVhen thecross-bar a, is being inserted into the clawb in the manner abovedescribed, the tongue 0 extends through the frame I), as shown in Fig.4. However, in some instances the tongue 0, may be attached to thecross-barby bending one of its eXtremi-' ties around the same after ithas been inserted into the claw 17 In the present instance the member a,is a shaft pocket or support having a recess (1, and a bar 01, cast orotherwise formed therein, in order to permit one extremity of the girthe, to be looped around the bar 61, and then secured by sewing or in anyother preferred manner. The cross-bar a, and lugs a are also castintegral with the shaft pocket or support, so that the latter and itsaccessories are cast in one piece. Consequently the shaft pocket orsupport is light, cheap and presents a neat and attractive appearance.Moreover, the

frame I), is secured to the saddle strap f, by means of the tongue 0,and the extremity of the strap f, is tucked under the end piece b of theframe.

Ofcourse the hereinbefore described harness fastening comprising thecross-bar a, frame b, and other accessories may be employed forconnecting a buckle to any part of the harness other than a shaft pocketor support; for example, the cross-bar a, may be attached to one of thehames and the trace buckled into the frame b, by means of the tongue 0.In any case the frame b, may be detached from the part to which thecrossbar a is secured by the simple operation of turning the frame intoinoperative or abnormal position and then sliding the cross-bar out ofthe claw in the manner hereinbefore explained.

In use the partsare firmly held against aocidental detachment not onlyby reason of the fact that the longer transverse axis of the cross-bara, must be in alignment with the entrance or opening 11 before they canbe disconnected, but also by reason of the fact that the strap, in thepresent instance the saddle strap f, engages the member a, through tionand arrangement of parts hereinbefore explained and illustrated.

Having thus described the nature and objects of my invention, what Iclaim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A fastener for parts of harness, comprising a buckle-frame having oneof its transverse lnembers bifurcated to form a claw with a terminal, atongue, anda thill-tug or other part of harness provided with a memberadapted to engage said claw and hold the two parts together when thebuckle-frame is in normal position and detachable therefrom through saidterminal when in abnormal position, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

2. A fastener for parts of harness, comprising a buckle having one ofits cross-bars bifurcated to form a claw withaflat terminal, a tongue,and a thill-tugor other part of harness provided with a Hatcross-baradapted to engage said claw and hold the two parts togetherwhen the buckle is in normal position and detachable therefrom throughsaid terminal when in. abnormal position, substantially as and for thepurposes described.

In witness whereof I have hereunto set my signature in the presence oftwo subscribing witnesses.

SAMUEL H. HAAS.

